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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows meetings on first and third Mondays each month. Names include PRINDLE as President and Z. CONSER as Secretary, but other details are unclear.
The piece recalls how pine logs from the Little Missouri valley were stranded by high water while Bly cut ties for the Northern Pacific. Roosevelt and the Ferris brothers later used those logs to build a Medora ranch house, sheltering Theodore Roosevelt during his buffalo hunt visit. Joe Ferris and Sylvane Ferris are named local figures, with Sylvane later Dickinson land office register.
A General Land Office ruling will take effect in January requiring women to actually reside on their homesteads to prove up claims. Previously postmasters clerks and county officers could prove up without living on the property if residence was established before appointment. The change ends that practice affecting many women who held such offices under older rules.
A Thrifty Preacher in Glendive reports sapphires found in the crops of turkeys sold by Fred Birch from North Dakota. Fifteen uncut gems were discovered in one bird and thirteen in another, totaling about forty dollars in rough stones. Other city residents reportedly found gems as well. Reverend T. S. Leland, pastor of the local Methodist church, comments on the curious fortune.
The Dakota Montana Telephone Co reports its long distance line extends to Marmarth and will continue westward next spring from Marmarth. Owen the town coal dealer has contracted coal delivery from Marmarth to Ismaiety consumers next week, mined on his own property and said to look superior to local lignite.
Financial figures show bank assets and liabilities led by capital stock and cash. notarized oath by cashier J B Armstrong dated December 8, 1908. Public notices announce Northern Pacific land selections in Montana and legal protests with hearings set for December 1908 in Miles City and Ismay.
Department of Interior U S land office at Miles City Montana announces Frank Homan of Preston Montana filed notice of intention to make final commutation on land in NW quarter section 20 township ?? Montana meridian. Witnesses listed: Carl Berry Charles Vincelette J W Masse Peter J Homan all of Preston. Register A Kirkher.
Public notice from the Department of the Interior Miles City Land Office announces a public sale of land on November 30, 1908 at 10 a.m. The tract is SE quarter of section 18 township 8 north range 56 west. Adverse claimants must file objections before sale. A Kirch er Register J C Auld Receiver.
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